Daily Archives: May 1, 2014

Here is a color printable periodic table of the elements with either a white or black background. This table is color grouped by element types and each tile contains the atomic number, symbol, name and atomic weight of each element. Download this table in PDF format for easy printing with a […]

Ever need your own black and white printable periodic table? Here’s a go-to periodic table perfect for doing homework problems or looking up atomic masses. Now you can download and print as many as you need. This PDF file contains a periodic table with the atomic number, symbol, name and […]

There are lots of ways you can preserve flowers, including drying them and pressing them. This project crystallizes a real flower. It works for any flower, though I especially like how it turns weeds into works of art. It only take a few hours to grow the crystals. Crystal Flower […]

Astronomers have determined the rotational speed of an exoplanet for the first time. Beta Pictoris b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris 63 light-years away and one of the first exoplanets directly imaged by telescopes. Dutch astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and a doppler-effect […]

Sugar crystals are called rock candy because these hard crystals are edible. Sugar (sucrose) crystals are one of the few types of crystals you can grow and eat. You can eat the natural clear crystals or you can color and flavor them. Rock Candy Materials 3 cups sugar (sucrose) 1 […]